Threatened Buddhist art at a 900-year-old monastery high in the Indian Himalayas sheds light on a fabled civilization
In 1851, Levi Hill claimed he invented color photography. Was he a genius or a fraud?
In 2010, the Institution celebrates two seminal events – the founding of its Natural History Museum and the inauguration of its research in Panama
Michelle Obama donates her Jason Wu gown to the First Ladies' Collection at the National Museum of American History
Readers Respond to the January Issue
A rare cache of hominid fossils from the Kurdistan area of northern Iraq offers a window on Neanderthal culture
The Smithsonian anthropologist turned heads when he proposed that climate change was the driving force in human evolution
A series of statues by sculptor John Gurche brings us face to face with our early ancestors
Late in life, the French impressionist's career took an unexpected turn. A new exhibition showcases his radical move toward tradition
Readers Respond to the December Issue
Artist John Gerrard uses 360-degree photography and 3-D gaming software to create a virtual reality
At a new dinosaur park in Maryland, children and paleontologists alike have found fossils for a new Smithsonian exhibit
Readers Respond to the November Issue
The Smithsonian Institution pitches in to help NASA prepare for its next lunar mission with a new "home on wheels"
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